Timeline of 1581
(Tenshô 9; 天正九年)
- 1581/2/28 Oda Nobunaga's Uma-zoroe (horse review).
- 1581/3/22 Tokugawa Ieyasu recaptures Takatenjin Castle in Tôtomi province from Takeda Katsuyori.
- 1581/8/17 Massacre of the Kôya monks
- 1581/9/11 Siege of Iga
- Sagara Yoshihira of Higo province surrenders to Shimazu Yoshihisa.